Wildlife

[klar]

Seen a few of these lately.



The snow chickens are going nuts.

The snow squirrel-rats are cute.


And then there's this. Having to adjust my behavior because I am sharing space with animals that could kill me is a new experience and not one I am all that comfortable with.

[plugboots]

Sweet.


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[wyeaster]

Goat.
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killer

[PNWbrit]

Goat.
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That goat is almost a permanent fixture up there.

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[krp8128]

Found a new trail through the woods tonight, which immediately became the old trail through the woods.

Found mama bear and 1 cub, pretty sure she has another (there was 2 last year) figured I better get the heck out of there before she saw me.

[plugboots]

That goat is almost a permanent fixture up there.

There’s a few for sure. The bootpack almost always has goat shit in it.

[Norseman]

Seen a few of these lately.



The snow chickens are going nuts.

The snow squirrel-rats are cute.


And then there's this. Having to adjust my behavior because I am sharing space with animals that could kill me is a new experience and not one I am all that comfortable with.

Thread winner. Holy smokes, good stuff Klar.

Edit to add re. bears: I hope that your discomfort also shares brainspace with wonder... at finding in yourself the sort of deeper primal awareness of traveling in the truly wild places of the Earth with other intelligent non-human hunters. Your mind is really active in a way most humans don't experience any more. We'll continue to lose touch with it as the big beasts die off and our survival struggles involve stupid shit like obesity and gun violence.

Soak it up!

[east or bust]

[refried]

Eagle vs Fox vs rabbit


https://www.king5.com/mobile/article.../281-556884102

[babybear]

here's an adorable baby bear video from GTNP this wk


good stuff gang with a shout out to klar's recent sitings -bears are ok though they just want to be left alone so making lots of noise will keep them avoiding you. it's the mtn lions that I truly fear- giant ornery cats

[yeahman]

Saw a mountain lion this morning hiking on Mt. Helena. My attempts to obtain photographic evidence failed miserably. I got this shot and another and the only reason I think the lion is in this shot is because the other one has a blank space in that spot. Tried to take a video but the thing didn't start! So when I pushed "stop" after the lion had gone, then of course the phone starts taking video. ARGH.

Anyway, first lion I've seen in the wild. It was only 50 yards away when I first saw it, medium size, no question in my mind what it was. It ran downhill, then cut across below me. I was pretty freaked out about what to do because right then a thunderstorm was starting and I was heading down--toward the cat. So I grabbed a big stick and walked in the pouring rain, through the dark scary lodgepole forest, yelling Hey Kitty. The whole thing got my heart rate going, that is for sure. Here's my lame photo zoomed way in that makes it look like an elk or something, or maybe nothing at all lol:

[old goat]

Looks like Bigfoot to me.

[plugboots]

That pic reminded me of a screen grab of Kedar spooking a bear last summer. I also once took 10 or so pics of air trying to frame a pair of pileated woodpeckers. Oh well.

[The AD]

Saw about half dozen black bears in the Whistler area last weekend. Got some really good shots of one that was just off the Callaghan Road.


And this big boy we saw at the Whistler Golf Club.

[east or bust]

photoshoot went off today!

[yeahman]

^^Are you on Kauai or what?

[babybear]

nice bigfoot shots everyone! animal season is upon us
I like those artsy rooster shots too

Saw a mountain lion this morning hiking on Mt. Helena. My attempts to obtain photographic evidence failed miserably. I got this shot and another and the only reason I think the lion is in this shot is because the other one has a blank space in that spot. Tried to take a video but the thing didn't start! So when I pushed "stop" after the lion had gone, then of course the phone starts taking video. ARGH.

Anyway, first lion I've seen in the wild. It was only 50 yards away when I first saw it, medium size, no question in my mind what it was. It ran downhill, then cut across below me. I was pretty freaked out about what to do because right then a thunderstorm was starting and I was heading down--toward the cat. So I grabbed a big stick and walked in the pouring rain, through the dark scary lodgepole forest, yelling Hey Kitty. The whole thing got my heart rate going, that is for sure. Here's my lame photo zoomed way in that makes it look like an elk or something, or maybe nothing at all lol:

whew my heart is just racing thinking about that situation. like when on a plane that is having issues, these are the times where I'm making all sorts of promises to a god I usually don't believe in

[old goat]

photoshoot went off today!

Why . . .Oh forget it.

[babybear]

[old goat]

Sierra tree frog. Not the most exciting animal in this thread. I used to see them all the time hiking with my kids but I haven't seen one in at least 20 years so to see one on Mt Lincoln (Sugar Bowl) was exciting. This little guy is about 3/4 in.

[thebirdhunter]

Sierra tree frog. Not the most exciting animal in this thread. I used to see them all the time hiking with my kids but I haven't seen one in at least 20 years so to see one on Mt Lincoln (Sugar Bowl) was exciting. This little guy is about 3/4 in.

Frogs are an indicator of a healthy environment.

You haven't seen one in 20 years huh?

Hmmmm interesting.

[Marshall Tucker]

^ yeah, as a kid in rural south carolina I remember seeing tons of toads. Very rare to see them now. OTOH the deer here are feakin everywhere and just about tame. Last year one was muchin on my begonias and with me at 30ft was sorta givin me the evil eye. Like "dude. tryin to have lunch over here and you're crowdin me. Fuck off." Haven't had a hosta in 10 years or so. They are increassingly going after flowering plants.

[plugboots]

Fucking deer. I can walk right up to them, hit them with a rock, and they'll move a few feet and stare at me.

[yeahman]

^^I assume you are talking about mule deer? Whitetails are usually a lot more skittish, at least where I live.

In Helena they kill hundreds of mule deer a year in town. The police do the dirty work. They capture them in cages at night and then taze them to death. The meat is processed by a local butcher and then donated to the food bank. Every year the city commission come up with a number of how many deer they want to "cull" from the local herd, based on how many complaints they've had of deer eating people's gardens, etc. In the last 10 years or so they've managed to get the population under control.

[old goat]

Frogs are an indicator of a healthy environment.

You haven't seen one in 20 years huh?

Hmmmm interesting.

I've seen a couple smashed on the road behind my house--different kind of frog.
Years ago backpacking in the High Sierra there was a couple spending the summer counting frogs, which were all over the place. Last time I was there--maybe 6 years ago, there were none.
Canary in the coal mine. We're next.